Married, wife's name is Darlina Sarahi Villanueva...The couple has two sons, Saimon and Sander...Enjoys playing PlayStation.
2024
Opened the season with the Philadelphia Phillies; acquired by the Orioles along with OF Cristian Pache in exchange for OF Austin Hays on July 26...Went 0-2 with 10 saves and a 3.97 ERA (10 ER/22.2 IP) with 20 hits (6 HR), nine walks and 28 strikeouts in 25 games after joining the Orioles; finished the year 3-4 with 11 saves and a 4.45 ERA (29 ER/58.2 IP) in 63 combined games between Baltimore and Philadelphia...Made his fourth career Opening Day roster, all with the Phillies...Did not have a stint on the Injured List for the first time since 2018...Successfully converted his first nine save opportunities to begin his Orioles career, the most since George Sherrill in 2008 (also nine)...Notched double-digit saves for the second time in his career (16, 2018)...Struck out a career-high five batters in two innings on July 4 at Chicago-NL...Allowed a home run in three straight appearances from Aug. 8-21, including walk-off solo home runs to Francisco Alvarez on Aug. 19 and Jesse Winker on Aug. 21, both at New York-NL...Finished the season with a 10.38 ERA (5 ER/4.1 IP) in his last six appearances...Posted a 1.86 ERA (2 ER/9.2 IP) in 10 home games compared to a 5.54 ERA (8 ER/13.0 IP) in 15 road outings with Baltimore...Ranked in the 96th percentile with a 97.8 mph average fastball velocity, per Statcast...Appeared in both AL Wild Card Series games against Kansas City; tossed 1.2 perfect inning with two strikeouts.
2023
Made his third career Opening Day roster...Established a new single-season career high in games with 57...Per Statcast, ranked in the 96th percentile in average exit velocity (85.5 mph) and 95th percentile in fastball velocity (97.7 mph)…45 of his 57 appearances were scoreless (79%)…Ranked second on the club with 14 holds, trailing only Gregory Soto (24)...Posted a 2.74 ERA (14 ER, 46.0 IP) over his final 52 games (4/12-end of season); allowed nine runs (7 ER in 4.0 IP) over his first five games...Did not allow an ER over a span of 15 games (13.1 IP) from 4/18-5/21...On the 15-day IL with a left oblique strain, 6/16-7/24; included a rehab assignment to Lehigh Valley (AAA), 7/21-24...Recorded two saves; both came in consecutive appearances on 8/1 and 8/3 at MIA...Six of his final seven appearances were scoreless (1.17 ERA; ER, 7.2 IP)…Did not allow an ER in six postseason appearances (5.1 IP); appeared in three NLDS games against ATL and three NLCS games against ARI.
2022
Was T-6th among NL relievers in wins (6) and set a new career high with 54 appearances ...Made the Phillies Opening Day roster and made his season debut that day, 4/8 vs OAK, his first appearance at CBP since 5/28/19 vs STL...Posted a season-best 14.0-inning scoreless streak that spanned 14 appearances from 5/8-6/13...Finished May with a 0.79 ERA (1 ER, 11.1 IP) in 11 games and limited opponents to a .171/.261/.220 slash line...Was 9-for-11 in save opportunities; his save on 6/8 at WSH was his first since 9/30/18 at ATL...On the 15-day IL with right triceps tendinitis, 8/18-9/10; included a rehab assignment to Lehigh Valley (AAA), 9/8-10...In 23 appearances with zero or one day of rest, posted a 1.96 ERA (5 ER, 23.0 IP)...Had a 1.10 ERA (2 ER, 16.1 IP) when working the ninth inning (17 appearances)...Held opponents to a .196 AVG (10-51) with three extra-base hits with RISP...Retired 43 of 54 first batters faced (79.6%)...Did not allow a run in 37 of his final 44 appearances from 5/8-end of the season, posting a 2.81 ERA (13 ER, 41.2 IP)...Pitched in his first career postseason, posting a 1.69 ERA (2 ER, 10.2 IP), 18 SO, 1 BB in nine appearances...Began his postseason career with 18 strikeouts and no walks, the most strikeouts before issuing a walk by any pitcher to start his postseason career in MLB history...Recorded a 2.0-inning save in Game 3 of the NLCS vs SD, joining Tug McGraw (3 times in 1980) as the only Phillies to do so in the postseason...Earned a win in his WS debut in Game 1, 10/28 at HOU, after working 1.2 scoreless innings in the Phillies’ come-from-behind victory.
2021
Began season on 60-day IL recovering from Tommy John surgery...Was reinstated from the IL on 9/1 and optioned to Lehigh Valley (AAA) following rehab assignments to Jersey Shore (A), 8/3-10, Reading (AA), 8/11-23, and Lehigh Valley, 8/24-31...Recalled from Lehigh Valley on 10/2...On 10/3 at MIA, appeared in his first ML game since 6/5/19 at SD.
2020
Missed the entire season with a right elbow injury...Underwent UCL reconstruction surgery on 7/30 (Dr. James Andrews).
2019
Made his first career Opening Day roster...Held RHH to a .151/.274/.226 slash line in 63 plate appearances, striking out 20 of those 63 batters (31.7%)...Had a 2.38 ERA (3 ER, 11.1 IP) over his final 12 games...Was placed on the 10-day IL from 6/6 through the end of the season with a right elbow UCL injury.
2018
Among all NL relievers, finished 3rd in OPP OPS (.301), 4th in OPP AVG (.157) and 6th in WHIP (0.93)...His 16 saves were tied for the most by any Phillies rookie reliever (Jack Meyer, 1955) and his 74 strikeouts were T-4th...Following the season, was named to Baseball Digest's Rookie All-Star team...Began season with Reading (AA) and was promoted to Lehigh Valley (AAA) on 4/27... Recalled by the Phillies on 5/7 and made his ML debut that day vs SF, recording his first strikeout...Did not allow a hit or walk in his first 6 ML appearances, becoming the only reliever in ML history (since 1908) to do so in more than 4 straight to begin a career...Began his career with 15.2 scoreless IP, most by a Phillies pitcher since Marty Bystrom had 20.0 straight scoreless IP to begin his career in 1980...Drew a walk in his first career PA as a hitter, drawing his first walk before issuing his first as a pitcher (49 batters faced with 0 BB)...Became 1 of 4 Phillies since 1900 to have 13+ SO and 0 BB in his first 10 relief appearances with the Phillies (others: José Contreras, Billy Wagner and Bill Campbell)...Earned his first ML save, 5/19 at STL (2.0 IP)... Had a 10.1-inning scoreless streak, 6/27-7/22...His 0.65 WHIP was the lowest ever by any Phillie through the All-Star break (min. 30.0 IP)...Posted a 1.85 ERA (8 ER, 39.0 IP) in his first 34 career appearances and converted 12 of 13 save opportunities...43 of his 53 appearances were scoreless.
2017
Spent most of the season with Clearwater (A)... Was on the DL, 5/30-7/20 (right shoulder strain); included 2 rehab starts for Gulf Coast League Phillies (R)... Averaged 10.91 SO/9.0 IP (82 SO, 67.2 IP) between the two levels... Had a 2.02 ERA (8 ER, 35.2 IP) over his fi rst 7 games (6 GS) with Clearwater and a 5.74 ERA (17 ER, 26.2 IP) over his fi nal 8 games (7 GS)... Pitched for Gigantes del Cibao in the Dominican Winter League.
2016
Began the season with Williamsport (A)... Promoted to Lakewood (A) on 7/5... Allowed 1 ER or none in 7 of his 10 starts... Finished the season with an active 16.0-inning scoreless streak and active 23.0-inning streak without allowing an ER.
2015
Second consecutive season with the GCL Phillies... Participated in Florida Instructional League.
2014
Spent the entire season with the GCL Phillies... Did not allow an ER over his fi nal 13.2 innings (7 G), lowering his ERA from 6.57 to 3.12.
2013
Second season with the Dominican Summer League Phillies (R)... Led the DSL in CG (2) & SHO (2) and T-3rd in starts (14)... Went 2-1, 1.54 ERA (4 ER, 23.1 IP) over 4 August start... Allowed 2 ER or fewer in 11 of his 16 starts... Participated in FIL.
2012
Began his pro career with DSL Phillies.
